noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A house or shelter. Australia
2. 2
   A basket. obsolete, slang

Verb

1. 1
   To board, to reside.

   "“[…]It′s some kind of boarding-house that she kipsies in—”"

Example

More examples

"“[…]It′s some kind of boarding-house that she kipsies in—”"

Etymology

From kips (“plural of kip (lodging-house or sleep)”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

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